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Posts tagged with 'internet' and 'media' at MetaFilter.Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:34:36 -0800Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:34:36 -0800en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss60Of Chinese Censorship, Punning and Braisinghttp://www.metafilter.com/145009/Of%2DChinese%2DCensorship%2DPunning%2Dand%2DBraising
<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/02/world/asia/gregarious-and-direct-chinas-web-doorkeeper.html">"China’s Web Doorkeeper", Lu Wei, may be the most powerful man on the Internet</a> (NYT), and he has "ratcheted up restrictions in what is already the world’s most sophisticated system of online censorship." <a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1654708/foreign-firms-must-respect-chinas-laws-or-risk-failure-mainland-us-tech">He addressed the 7th China-US Internet Industry Forum yesterday and everybody was listening</a> (SCMP). But there is one big question: Will he joining <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/nov/28/china-media-watchdog-bans-wordplay-puns">the country’s print and broadcast watchdog's new campaign to “crack down on the irregular and inaccurate use of the Chinese language," specifically puns and wordplay</a> (Grauniad)? If so, he may have issues with Google searches that match up his name with<a href="http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/177583/lu-wei-braised-flavors-pa-iye-layered-tofu-and-other-binondo-delights"> a new category of take-away food in Taiwan called "lu-wei" (“lu” means braised and “wei,” flavors)</a> (Inquirer). tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.145009Wed, 03 Dec 2014 03:34:36 -0800oneswellfoopLet me tell you about being publicly separated from your truth.http://www.metafilter.com/143812/Let%2Dme%2Dtell%2Dyou%2Dabout%2Dbeing%2Dpublicly%2Dseparated%2Dfrom%2Dyour%2Dtruth
<blockquote>"But having survived myself, what I want to do now is help other victims of the shame game survive too. I want to put my suffering to good use and give purpose to my past."</blockquote>
Monica Lewinsky gives <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy7icJSTjL8">her first major public speech</a> to speak out against online abuse. Full transcript <a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2014/10/20/full-transcript-monica-lewinsky-speaks-out-on-ending-online-abuse/">here</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.143812Wed, 22 Oct 2014 03:08:39 -0800iamkimiamBuzzFeed Motion Pictures President Ze Frankhttp://www.metafilter.com/141907/BuzzFeed%2DMotion%2DPictures%2DPresident%2DZe%2DFrank
<a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/producer-michael-shamberg-wants-invent-724919">Producer Michael Shamberg Wants to 'Invent the Future' With BuzzFeed Motion Pictures</a> - "I don't think there's ever been a Hollywood R&amp;D model like we have here." (previously <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/139249/Buzzfeeds-founder-used-to-write-Marxist-theory">1</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/139613/Peak-Advertising-and-the-Future-of-the-Web">2</a>,<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/141650/The-cost-of-journalism">3</a>) <ul><li><a href="https://medium.com/@felixsalmon/normally-when-some-big-deal-is-announced-in-the-business-world-a-rah-rah-press-release-goes-out-236f5ae86ee4">Felix Salmon on the Buzzfeed model</a> - "In that sense, the right comparison for BuzzFeed is probably not newspapers, or even other websites like Business Insider; rather, it's advertising agencies, or companies like Vice, which make their money mostly by creating, rather than simply running, web-based advertising campaigns... That means beefing up the current editorial product; investing massively in video; and an aggressive international expansion, into a number of brand-new languages and cultures."</li>
<li><a href="http://stratechery.com/2014/buzzfeed-tech-company/">Is BuzzFeed a Tech Company?</a> - "Everything that is hurting traditional media companies – zero marginal costs, 'free' expectations, <a href="http://stratechery.com/2014/economic-power-age-abundance/">unlimited competition</a> because of <a href="http://stratechery.com/2014/technology-changing-world-pg-edition/">global distribution</a> – are opportunities for new media companies unencumbered by traditional thinking... One can absolutely make the case that an organization like BuzzFeed, with clearly labeled native advertising, is a lot more trustworthy than any reporting that may come out of an organization like NBC (which is owned by Comcast). Oh sure, NBC journalists will object to that statement, but how can we every truly know?"</li></ul>
<a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/tag/sponsored-content/">more</a> on <a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/07/28/sponsored-content-helps-brands-hurts-publishers/">sponsored content</a> and <a href="http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/08/04/re-purposed-bovine-waste/">native advertising</a>... tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.141907Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:04:13 -0800kliulessNarcissistic, Machiavellian, psychopathic, and sadistic.http://www.metafilter.com/139829/Narcissistic%2DMachiavellian%2Dpsychopathic%2Dand%2Dsadistic
<a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/climate_desk/2014/02/internet_troll_personality_study_machiavellianism_narcissism_psychopathy.html">Personality Psychology Proves It: Internet Trolls Really Are Horrible People.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139829Wed, 11 Jun 2014 06:07:16 -0800shivohumWith reference to the recently leaked NYT memohttp://www.metafilter.com/139383/With%2Dreference%2Dto%2Dthe%2Drecently%2Dleaked%2DNYT%2Dmemo
<a href="http://www.biznews.com/global-investing/2014/05/how-naspers-ceo-koos-bekker-beat-the-new-york-times-at-its-own-game/">How Naspers CEO Koos Bekker beat the New York Times at its own game</a> by Michael Moritz Selected more on Naspers:
<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naspers">Wikipedia</a>
<a href="http://qz.com/161792/naspers-africas-most-fascinating-company/">Naspers, Africa's most fascinating company</a>
<a href="http://techmoran.com/mih-africa-ceo-leaves-naspers-to-shut-down-african-operations/">Naspers to Shut Down African Classified Operations, Focus on eCommerce</a> - <a href="http://aimgroup.com/2014/04/02/naspers-might-be-rethinking-free-classifieds-in-africa/">Analysts</a>
<a href="http://www.techcentral.co.za/meet-nasperss-geek-in-chief/41862/">Meet Naspers’s geek in chief</a>
<a href="http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/05/08/foreign-investors-reap-enormous-profits-in-chinas-red-hot-internet-market/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0">Red-Hot Web in China Richly Rewards Foreign Investors</a> (ironically NYT) tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.139383Mon, 26 May 2014 10:50:02 -0800infiniCivic Crowdfundinghttp://www.metafilter.com/135815/Civic%2DCrowdfunding
Rodrigo Davis of the <a href="http://civic.mit.edu/">MIT Center for Civic Media</a> is currently <a href="http://rodrigodavies.com/civiccrowdfunding/">researching crowdfunding for civic and community purposes</a>. Some of the issues he covers includes <a href="http://digitalethics.org/essays/the-ethics-of-crowdfunding/">the ethics of crowdfunding</a> (including <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/blog/we-were-wrong">Kickstarter's seduction guide debacle</a> and <a href="http://rodrigodavies.com/blog/2013/05/22/crowdfunding-on-crack.html">Gawker's attempt to crowdfund a video showing Toronto Mayor Rob Ford smoking crack</a>), a case study of <a href="http://rodrigodavies.com/blog/2014/01/13/kansas-city-hosts-the-biggest-civic-crowdfunding-campaign-ever.html">Kansas City's crowdfunding campaign for their bikeshare program</a>, <a href="http://rodrigodavies.com/blog/2013/11/06/a-timeline-of-crowdfunding.html">a timeline of online crowdfunding since 2000</a>, and how <a href="http://rodrigodavies.com/blog/2013/02/19/civic-crowdfunding-from-the-statue-of-liberty-to-now.html">the Statue of Liberty was made possible via crowdfunding</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2014:site.135815Sun, 19 Jan 2014 22:25:56 -0800divabatNot everyone can afford to be blas&#0233;http://www.metafilter.com/133743/Not%2Deveryone%2Dcan%2Dafford%2Dto%2Dbe%2Dblas
<em>What I think we forget–or worse, never even realized—is the extreme privilege often inherent in “digital literacy.”
Yes, much of the Internet is free. But it takes time and energy to develop the skills and habits necessary to successfully derive value from today’s media. Knowing how to tell a troll from a serious thinker, spotting linkbait, understanding a meme, cross checking articles against each other, even posting a comment to disagree with something–these are skills. They might not feel like it, but they are. And they’re easier to acquire the higher your tax bracket.</em> - <a href="http://betabeat.com/2013/11/the-new-digital-divide-privilege-misinformation-and-outright-b-s-in-modern-media/">The New Digital Divide: Privilege, Misinformation and Outright B.S. in Modern Media
</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.133743Tue, 12 Nov 2013 08:48:36 -0800beisnyBack Streets of the Internethttp://www.metafilter.com/132668/Back%2DStreets%2Dof%2Dthe%2DInternet
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjWJsE7B1cs">Back Streets of the Internet</a> [YT] - A short film from <a href="http://wktokyo.jp/blog/">W+K Tokyo</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.132668Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:32:39 -0800Mchelly"All of your favorite shows are ratings dogs."http://www.metafilter.com/126196/All%2Dof%2Dyour%2Dfavorite%2Dshows%2Dare%2Dratings%2Ddogs
<a href="http://www.wired.com/underwire/2013/03/nielsen-family-is-dead">The Nielsen Family Is Dead</a>. <a href="http://adage.com/article/media/nielsen-tracks-bank-statements-credit-card-transactions/240439/">Nielsen Now Tracks (Almost) Everything You Buy: Credit, Debit and Bank Data Now Combined With TV, Online Viewing</a>. <a href="http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/nielsen-offers-focus-on-zero-tv-homes-1200006928/">Nielsen Offers Focus on ‘Zero-TV’ Homes</a>. <a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nielsen-agrees-expand-definition-tv-422795">Nielsen Agrees to Expand Definition of TV Viewing</a>. The 23,000 U.S. homes Nielsen currently samples are going to see some changes this year. Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/100178/The-cause-of-your-favourite-shows-impending-cancellation">Why Nielsen Ratings Are Inaccurate, and Why They'll Stay That Way</a> tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.126196Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:23:46 -0800mediareportBorn Digital Folklorehttp://www.metafilter.com/125355/Born%2DDigital%2DFolklore
"<a href="http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/02/born-digital-folklore-and-the-vernacular-web-an-interview-with-robert-glenn-howard/">Its not like we all sat in silence and stared blankly at our TVs waiting for the Internet to show up. We have probably always had vernacular webs of communication</a>." Digital studies scholar <a href="https://commarts.wisc.edu/people/rghoward2">Robert Glenn Howard</a> talks about vaccines, the <a href="http://rghoward.com/Howard.DigitalJesus.Chap1.2011.pdf">Christian right [PDF]</a>, AC/DC guitar tutorials and other "born-digital folklore" on the "vernacular web</a>." tag:metafilter.com,2013:site.125355Mon, 25 Feb 2013 07:43:40 -0800MikoA Quiet Opening - North Koreans in a Changing Media Environmenthttp://www.metafilter.com/122754/A%2DQuiet%2DOpening%2DNorth%2DKoreans%2Din%2Da%2DChanging%2DMedia%2DEnvironment
<a href="http://audiencescapes.org/sites/default/files/A_Quiet_Opening_FINAL_InterMedia.pdf">As this research report will show, North Koreans today are learning more about the outside world than at any time since the founding of the country.</a> <em>North Korea is consistently ranked by Freedom House and Reporters Without Borders as the country with the least free media in the world. This ranking reflects the country's complete lack of an independent domestic media, its legal restrictions against accessing foreign media and the harsh punishments it metes out against citizens who violate those restrictions. Yet, since the late 1990s the information environment in North Korea has undergone significant changes. Although the media environment remains extremely restricted by international standards, North Koreans' access to outside media has grown considerably over the past two decades. Many inside the country continue to develop new ways to access information while avoiding the ever-present risk of detection and punishment.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.122754Tue, 11 Dec 2012 07:02:19 -0800DiesIrae"I realized we have a community of people that are highly informed but not *well* informed."http://www.metafilter.com/121053/I%2Drealized%2Dwe%2Dhave%2Da%2Dcommunity%2Dof%2Dpeople%2Dthat%2Dare%2Dhighly%2Dinformed%2Dbut%2Dnot%2Dwell%2Dinformed
<a href="http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/eating-dessert-information-diet-terrible/">Eating Only Dessert: Why your information diet is probably terrible</a> - "[Clay] Johnson is the author of The Information Diet, <a href="http://www.informationdiet.com/">a book</a> with a unique core metaphor: heavily processed information, like heavily processed food, isn’t healthy but for some reason we can’t get enough of it. Email. Social networks. Blogs. Online video. People today consume more information than ever before, and typically only consume the things they really, really like. Johnson compares this to a bad diet. “If you only ate what you want then we’d probably put the dessert section at the top of the menu, rather than at the bottom,” he says. “I think the same thing is happening with journalism: we’re going straight to dessert every time.”" <a href="http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/entertainment/jan-june12/information_05-18.html">PBS Newshour interview with Johnson</a> (~6 min. video with full transcript). <small>Previously: <a href="http://www.metafilter.com/113454/Who-wants-to-hear-the-truth-when-they-can-hear-theyre-right">Who wants to hear the truth when they can hear they're right?</a></small> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.121053Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:38:15 -0800flexPeople just don’t value journalism as much as journalists do.http://www.metafilter.com/115849/People%2Djust%2Ddont%2Dvalue%2Djournalism%2Das%2Dmuch%2Das%2Djournalists%2Ddo
<a href="http://stdout.be/2012/05/04/fungible/#summary">Fungible:</a> A treatise on fungibility, or, a framework for understanding the mess the news industry is in and the opportunities that lie ahead. <em>The younger the person you ask, the less likely it is you’ll find that link between wanting to know what’s going on and grabbing a paper or opening up a news website. They use Pinterest to figure out what’s fashionable and Facebook to see if there’s anything fun going on next weekend. They use Facebook just the same to figure out whether there’s anything they need to be upset about and need to protest against.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.115849Fri, 11 May 2012 10:59:04 -0800shakespeherianWho wants to hear the truth when they can hear they're right?http://www.metafilter.com/113454/Who%2Dwants%2Dto%2Dhear%2Dthe%2Dtruth%2Dwhen%2Dthey%2Dcan%2Dhear%2Dtheyre%2Dright
<a href="http://youtu.be/xhFSxycMJCA">Is SEO killing America?</a> Clay Johnson about how media gives us what we want, not what we need, and how it's destroying democracy. If you don't have time or can't watch a 17 minute video, read<a href="http://trackernewsdots.tumblr.com/post/17962236577/information-diet"> this article</a> discussing and summarizing the video. tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.113454Fri, 02 Mar 2012 10:54:23 -0800desjardinsDigital Images are SomeThing to aspire to? (A reflection on Hito Steyerl's proposal)http://www.metafilter.com/112854/Digital%2DImages%2Dare%2DSomeThing%2Dto%2Daspire%2Dto%2DA%2Dreflection%2Don%2DHito%2DSteyerls%2Dproposal
Artist and <a href="http://www.picture-this.org.uk/worksprojects/works/by-date/2010/in-free-fall">film-maker</a>, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=hito+steyerl">Hito Steyerl</a>, asks us to stand shoulder to shoulder with our digital equivalents. Digital images are <a href="http://www.e-flux.com/journal/a-thing-like-you-and-me/">Things (like you and me)</a> - a plethora of compressed, corrupted <a href="http://www.e-flux.com/journal/the-spam-of-the-earth/">representations</a> pushed and pulled through increasingly policed and capitalised information networks. If 80% of all internet traffic<small><sup>*</sup></small> is <a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/OCTO_a_00067">SPAM</a> - a liberated excess <a href="http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/roar-so-wildly-spam-technology-and-language">withdrawn</a><small><sup>**</sup></small> from accepted channels of communication - perhaps it is in <a href="http://www.e-flux.com/journal/in-defense-of-the-poor-image/">The Poor Image</a> we find our closest kin? <small>* In her recent October Journal article (<a href="http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/OCTO_a_00067"><em>Digital Debris: Spam and Scam</em></a>), Steyerl claims that "80% of today's email messages are spam"
** This piece by Finn Brunton, (<a href="http://www.radicalphilosophy.com/commentary/roar-so-wildly-spam-technology-and-language"><em>Roar so wildly: Spam, technology and language</em></a>), is referenced by Steyerl in the same October Journal article</small> tag:metafilter.com,2012:site.112854Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:13:43 -08000bviousAn optimist lectures his children...http://www.metafilter.com/110738/An%2Doptimist%2Dlectures%2Dhis%2Dchildren
<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamthierer/2011/12/18/10-things-our-kids-will-never-worry-about-thanks-to-the-information-revolution/">10 Things Our Kids Will Never Worry About Thanks to the Information Revolution</a>. An optimist's take on how the lives of future generations will improve based on technology. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.110738Tue, 20 Dec 2011 10:58:25 -0800downing street memoWild West on the internethttp://www.metafilter.com/107917/Wild%2DWest%2Don%2Dthe%2Dinternet
<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15097139">Is the internet rewriting history?</a> <em>Teaching the difference between truth and propaganda online</em> via BBC <em>As part of their research into the influence of the internet on young people, Demos teamed up with creative agency Bold for a workshop exploring digital literacy at a secondary school in Tower Hamlets, in East London.
Pupils were asked to rate various sources of information - the government, Twitter, the Guardian newspaper, their family - according to how much they trusted it. The results were telling.
Closest to the heading 'Trust' the pupils placed YouTube; somewhere near the heading 'Distrust', they placed the government.</em> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.107917Fri, 30 Sep 2011 04:45:00 -0800infiniThis tweet was sadly not "Edited. By. Brooke."http://www.metafilter.com/105171/This%2Dtweet%2Dwas%2Dsadly%2Dnot%2DEdited%2DBy%2DBrooke
<a href="http://onthemedia.org/">On the Media</a>'s Bob Garfield demonstrates <a href="http://powazek.com/posts/2851">How to Turn a Fan into an Enemy in Under 140 Characters</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.105171Sat, 02 Jul 2011 07:43:11 -0800joshwa"You can't fake a tape! Pictures don't lie! At least not until you've assembled them creatively. "http://www.metafilter.com/104065/You%2Dcant%2Dfake%2Da%2Dtape%2DPictures%2Ddont%2Dlie%2DAt%2Dleast%2Dnot%2Duntil%2Dyouve%2Dassembled%2Dthem%2Dcreatively
<a href="http://vimeo.com/23075736">Newstweek: fixing the facts.</a> Newstweek is a device that injects fake news into unsecured wireless connections. <a href="http://hackaday.com/2011/05/29/hidden-device-distorts-news-on-wireless-networks-brews-beer-is-time-machine/">More info at hackaday.</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.104065Mon, 30 May 2011 23:02:34 -0800loquaciousDoes it make me more money now?http://www.metafilter.com/100644/Does%2Dit%2Dmake%2Dme%2Dmore%2Dmoney%2Dnow
<a href="http://wordsmoker.com/2011/02/11/nick-denton-is-a-genius/">Why Gawker Nick Denton is a genius</a> - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxKa_5yNeKA&feature=player_embedded">he can smell the page views!</a>. The redesign he's championed (<a href="http://www.metafilter.com/98085/Beyond-the-blog">previously</a>) is a convoluted nightmare which <a href="http://isolani.co.uk/blog/javascript/BreakingTheWebWithHashBangs">breaks the web and left blog posts unindexed Google</a>. <a href="http://www.signature9.com/electrotech/gawker-networks-redesign-is-killing-traffic-to-all-but-two-sites">Page views are in the toilet.</a> <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/nick-denton-gawker-bet-2011-2">He may loose that bet.</a> It doesn't matter, Nick Denton is a genius. <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/02/the-congressman-the-scoop-and-the-redeemed-gawker-redesign.html">Look, pictures of a naked man!</a> tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.100644Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:04:27 -0800Artwnotice that little 'f' (or 't') everywhere?http://www.metafilter.com/99561/notice%2Dthat%2Dlittle%2Df%2Dor%2Dt%2Deverywhere
<a href="http://paul.kedrosky.com/archives/2011/01/curation_is_the.html">How (crowd) curation is making a comeback</a> in search and <a href="http://delong.typepad.com/sdj/2011/01/wht-future-does-facebook-have.html">how Facebook is using it</a> to "remake whole industries." tag:metafilter.com,2011:site.99561Sun, 16 Jan 2011 06:00:19 -0800kliulessThese astroturf libertarians are the real threat to internet democracyhttp://www.metafilter.com/98736/These%2Dastroturf%2Dlibertarians%2Dare%2Dthe%2Dreal%2Dthreat%2Dto%2Dinternet%2Ddemocracy
<a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/libertycentral/2010/dec/13/astroturf-libertarians-internet-democracy?CMP=twt_gu">Right Wing astroturfing</a> A non-scientific analysis of the patterns in forum board discussions on a variety of topics. The gist: discussions of issues in which there's money at stake (like <a href="http://scienceblogs.com/illconsidered/2008/07/how_to_talk_to_a_sceptic.php">climate change</a>, <a href="http://healthcarereformmyths.org/HealthcareReformMyths.php">public health</a> and corporate <a href="http://sociology.ucsc.edu/whorulesamerica/power/wealth.html">tax</a> avoidance) are often characterised by amazing levels of abuse and disruption by rightwing libertarians who are pro-corporate, anti-tax, anti-regulation. Discussions of issues in which there's little money at stake tend to be a lot more civilised than debates about issues where companies stand to lose or gain billions. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98736Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:14:31 -0800novenatorBeyond the blog?http://www.metafilter.com/98085/Beyond%2Dthe%2Dblog
With it's <a href="http://beta.gawker.com/">new redesign</a> Gawker, and it's <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gawker_Media#List_of_Gawker_Media_weblogs">affiliates</a>, will be moving away from being blogs. <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5701749/">They want to be like Television</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.98085Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:34:55 -0800Artw"Israel is our only hope as the post-American president is aiding and abetting a nuclear Iran. Barack Obama is enabling Iran’s Islamic bomb" - Pamela Gellerhttp://www.metafilter.com/94896/Israel%2Dis%2Dour%2Donly%2Dhope%2Das%2Dthe%2DpostAmerican%2Dpresident%2Dis%2Daiding%2Dand%2Dabetting%2Da%2Dnuclear%2DIran%2DBarack%2DObama%2Dis%2Denabling%2DIrans%2DIslamic%2Dbomb%2DPamela%2DGeller
As the <a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/opinions/insanity-at-the-ground-zero-mosque/article1675880/">"ground zero mosque"</a> story approaches <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2010/08/17/courage/index.html">bipartisan consensus</a>, thanks to <a href="http://www.lvrj.com/news/reid--has-lost-respect--100963944.html?ref=944">unexpected statements</a> by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (joining a <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/dailybeast/9503_groundzeromosquewhichpoliticiansareforandagainst">growing opposition</a>), several journalists <a href="http://digbysblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/when-psycho-pamela-geller-becomes.html"> trace the origins</a> of how the Park 51 community center <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQ9g4WDIy4o">became</a><small>(warning: CNN)</small> <a href="http://www.salon.com/news/politics/war_room/2010/08/16/ground_zero_mosque_origins">a toxic subject</a>. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90INBVMRgMg&feature=player_embedded">What they found was Pamela Geller</a>, a blogger at<a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/"> Atlas Shrugs</a>, who has some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7TG7DTOkU-s">very interesting vlogs</a>. You may previously know her from<a href="http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2006/03/the_bolton_inte.html"> this cozy 2006 interview</a> with Bush's infamous anti-UN UN ambassador<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_R._Bolton"> John Bolton</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.94896Wed, 18 Aug 2010 14:27:42 -0800mekInternet as Social Movement: A Brief History of Webismhttp://www.metafilter.com/94454/Internet%2Das%2DSocial%2DMovement%2DA%2DBrief%2DHistory%2Dof%2DWebism
<a href="http://nplusonemag.com/internet-as-social-movement">Internet as Social Movement: A Brief History of Webism.</a> An editorial from N+1 magazine. tag:metafilter.com,2010:site.94454Thu, 05 Aug 2010 12:16:38 -0800chunking express